May 06-07, 2014 | Twelve Atlantic Station Hotel | Atlanta, GA

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Additive manufacturing in metals, ceramics and composites is dawning.

Come to the first ever event to assess the
innovation needs and opportunities in the digital
and standards infrastructure that will unleash
additive for production in demanding aerospace,
biomedical and automotive uses.

Understand the state of the art in simulation and control of advanced materials
and machine reliability.

Gain insight into materials’ standards and qualification timelines and processes.

Network with innovators, technical gurus and expert users across the additive
value chain and across verticals.

Additive has hit the world stage. However, a growing divide separates the requirements for
plastic prototyping versus high performance production parts in aerospace/defense, biomedical
and automotive. For the 1000-2000 advanced additive materials in the pipeline, ranging
from Titanium and steel alloys to carbon fiber composites, ceramics and engineering plastics,
tremendous innovation in the design, standards and digital production ecosystem is required to
open a global market worth tens of billions.

Some of this innovation is underway, but much waits to be done, and requires an understanding
of each component’s role in the evolving digital ecosystem. Beyond better design rules for
handling complex, internal geometry meshes, the design side also suffers from awkward
interchanges between CAD platforms and machines (standardized “APIs”), multiple conversion
steps along the “digital thread,” and other technical hurdles. The new “AMF” file format
(correcting gaps in STL) is in the works, as well as new IT architectures to manage the “big
data.” All of this requires coordinated development and sharing of protocols, databases, and
specifications, as well as agile entrepreneurial initiative and visionary investment.

Building on the success of Infocast’s Additive/Aerospace Summit, Design for Additive: Software,
Simulation, Standards & Qualification will, for the first time, bring together the technical leaders,
innovation gurus and expert users to assess the state of the art and explore innovative solutions
to interlinked challenges. Additive supply chain players will have an opportunity to network with
current and future users and buyers of their products and services. OEM design-engineers will get
the latest detailed insights into the development of the standards required for them to more fully
adopt additive techniques in their production plans. Software / IT developers, additive contract
manufacturers, industrial designers, and venture investors will also make for a robust environment
for networking around a new paradigm in 3D design tools and platforms.